Pre-Wrting Notes
Sabrina Ramirez Contributions
Ada Medlin Contributions

Category Matrix


Students
Teachers
"School Librarians
Administrators
2 Teachers: more individualized attention
(Kindergarten Teacher: Peg)
Low student to teacher ratio
K-teacher (Peg?)Enables more planning/ more ideas
"Way to prove his/her value in learning experiences of students" - McGregor, page 199
Achieve school- wide student achievement - helps scores for administration(Ash-Argyl)
They are finding answers to their questions on their own.---Judy
Learned how to use web 2.0 tools (Powerpoint)- Pat
"The more knowledgeable about the curriculum you become, the more in demand you will be"- Husid, page 2
Principal- Paula Godfrey
Helps teachers with curriculum needs
They made connections with Art Class (weaving Navajo blankets) and stories about the Navajo culture in the library.-- Tracy Ross
Make Connections-
Learned to better utilize rubrics and research.--Diane Roderick
Increase communication between students, teachers, administrators.
School's academic program is strengthened - Dr. M. (CSTRC), page ix
Students become better learn ethical use of information -
(High School English: Sherri)
Helped with teachers using writing across the curriculum - Diana (Art Teacher)
Helps secure future funding for librarian operations by acheiving support of administrators.
(Ash-Arguyle)
BARRIERS for collaboration- lack of principal understanding or support for collaboration, time limitations, and rigid library scheduling (Brown 2004) from article Consider with Whom You are Working: Sue Kimmel
Students begin to enjoy working in library.
Learned to use web tools, research on picture book project, learned how to do works cited, learned how to present work.-- Mary Ann

Students learned Web tool- Powerpoint-- Pat
Assists teacher with gathering materials, how to use wikis, gives computer assistance.- Karen
Teacher-librarian collaboration - prominent trait of a successful librarian (Ash-Argulye, page 5)
"Struggle with accountability for student achievement in the form of data on standardized tests" -CS4RC, p.1. Pressure to meet these goals.
Benefits from collaboration among educators to prepare students for academic achievement on standardized tests. Research studies on the impact of school libraries on student achievement shows direct correlation, (Moreillon, p3-4.)
Helps students to evaluate their work.- Principal Godfrey
Learned to self-evaluate- Diane Roderick
Assists teacher with ideas to create guidelines, rubric, citations- Kelly
Librarians have a global perspective of academic achievement of entire school
(Principal: Paula)
Administrators need to oversee training opportunities for educators. Collaborative partnerships increases communication and sharing of best practices so that on-the-job professional development can occur. (CS4RC, 8)



Guidance on Fiction, non-fiction writing
Learned using wiki,
How to do research/note-taking process.--Karen
Shared expertise with teacher on research, technology, citing information, digital storytelling.--Sherri
Librarians gain knowledge and ideas from teachers to better themselves as educators.

Benefits minority students - smaller educator/student ratio(J. Moreillon, page 7)
Librarian can "integrate literacy skills into all subject areas of school curriculum. They serve as the bridge to help teachers make the connections between inquiry-based learning and information-literacy skills throughout the curriculum at all levels." (Morris 2004, 35) from Zamuda, Allison, and Violet H. Harada article,The Learning Specialist-p.37



Increases the expertise of teaching staff through collaborative tasks they complete together.
(Zamuda, et al.)



In a study about teachers planning with librarians, "making connections" which comprised 32% of the interactions was the most frequent activity. Teachers benefit from the librarian making connections to resources to unit objectives.(Kimmel, Collab... article)






NOTE:*Blue ink is work Ada did off wiki on 2-3-13. Was not able to join wiki at that time.
*Navy ink is work Ada did week of 2-4-13.

Works Cited (this is the rough draft of our Works Cited...the final paper is the corrections proper citations included)**

Husid, Whitney. "Collaboration: Make It Happen In Your School." Library Media Connection 31.4 (2013): 42-44. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

Kimmel, Sue C. "Collaboration as School Reform: Are There Patterns in the Chaos of Planning With Teachers?" School Library Research 15 (2012): n. pag. Web. 3 Feb. 2013.

Kimmel, Sue C. ""Consider with Whom You Are Working": Discourse Models of School Librarianship in Collaboration." School Library Research 14 (2011): n. pag. Web. 4 Feb. 2013. <www.ala.org/aasl/slr/vol14>.

Lance, Keith Curry, Marcia J. Rodney, and Bill Schwarz. "The Impact Of School Libraries On Academic Achievement: A Research Study Based On Responses From Administrators in Idaho." School Library Monthly 26.9 (2010): 14-17. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

McGregor, Joy. "Collaboration and Leadership." Curriculum Connections through the Library. Eds. Barbara K. Stripling and Sandra Hughes-Hassell. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003. 199-219. Print.

Moreillon, Judi. Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Maximizing Your Impact. Chicago: American Library Association, 2007. Print.

Moreillon, Judi. [[/f/D.1.2_Cooperation-Collaboration.ppt|Cooperation-Collaboration PowerPoint]]. 23 Aug. 2009. PPT.

Schultz-Jones, Barbara. "Collaboration In The School Social Network." Knowledge Quest 37.4 (2009): 20-25. Academic Search Complete. Web. 4 February 2013.

Zmuda, Allison, and Violet H. Harada. "The Learning Specialist: Clarifying the Role of Library Media Specialists." Librarians as Learning Specialists: Meeting the Learning Imperative for the 21st Century. Eds. Allison Zmuda and Violet H. Harada. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2008. 23--43. Print.

"Elementary Art Instructor: Tracy's Testimonial." Interview by Judi Moreillon. YouTube. N.p., 2001. Web. 02 Feb. 2013.

"Language Arts Instructor: Mary Ann's Testimonial." Interview by Judi Moreillon. YouTube. N.p., 2009. Web 04 Feb. 2013.

"High School Art .Teacher: Diane's Testimonial." Interview by Judi Moreillon. YouTube. N.p., 2003. Web 02 Feb. 2013.

"High School Student Teacher (In English): Kelly's Testimonial." Interview by Judi Moreillon. YouTube. N.p., 2009. Web 02 Feb. 2013.

"High School English Teacher: Sherri's Testimonial." Interview by Judi Moreillon. YouTube. N.p. , 2009. Web 07 Feb. 2013.

"Kindergarten Teacher: Pam's Testimonial." Interview by Judi Moreillon. YouTube. N.p., 2001. Web. 02 Feb. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YnGbQh832U&feature=youtu.be>.

"Third Grade Teacher: Judy P's Testimonial." Interview by Judi Moreillon. YouTube. N.p.,2001. Web 02 Feb. 2013.

"Principal: Paula's Testimonial." Interview by Judi Moreillon. You Tube. N.p., 2001. Web 03 Feb. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Ob08TRP38&feature=youtu.be>.

Ash-Argyle, Ruth, and Snunith Shoham. "Librarians' Leadership Efficacy, Training, And School Involvement: Collaboration Between Teachers And School Librarians In Israel." School Libraries Worldwide 18.1 (2012): 1-17. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text. Web. 7 Feb. 2013.